River News
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By AFP
Madrid -
River Plate won the Copa Libertadores by beating their fiercest rivals Boca Juniors 3-1 after extra time on Sunday, bringing an end to a final tainted by violence and moved more than six thousand miles away from Argentina.
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By AFP
Buenos Aires -
The embarrassing postponement of the Copa Libertadores final thrust Argentina's hooligan problem back into the spotlight, as well as society's acceptance that it is part of football fan culture, analysts say.
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By AFP
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Hundreds of Hondurans crossed a river into Mexico in a fresh wave of migrants heading to the United States on Monday as the United States said it would deploy 5,000 troops on its border with Mexico.
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By AFP
Mbandaka -
At least 27 people drowned and others were presumed dead after a riverboat capsized on a tributary of the Congo River in northern DR Congo, a local official said Wednesday.
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By AFP
Bangkok -
Kneeling before his homemade metal scuba helmet, Bhoomin Samang prays for good fortune before he dives into the day's work -- scouring the bed of Bangkok's Chao Phraya river for sunken treasure.
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Internationally recognized rapper Eminem released his new music video for his single "River," where he collaborates with pop superstar Ed Sheeran.
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By AFP
Wellington -
A New Zealand river revered by Maori has been recognised by parliament as a "legal person", in a move believed to be a world first.
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By AFP
Moscow -
A river in Russia's far north turned a blood red colour probably as a result of an industrial accident, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday.
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This week’s releases include a return to a familiar neighbourhood; an intriguing action sci-fi; several character seeking revenge; and confused identities.
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"This river will bury the living and the dead," sighed Enver Vasilaj, 93, standing by the Vjosa, one of Europe’s last wild waterways, which runs uninterrupted from its source in northwest Greece to the Adriatic Sea.
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By AFP
Tarasovka -
A rusty boat crossing a calm river in separatist east Ukraine is all that enables hundreds of people living in rebel-held territory to pick up pensions and vital supplies from the government side.
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By AFP
Sansalvador -
A molasses spill in a river in El Salvador from a sugarcane processing plant has triggered an alert by authorities worried about the effect on fish and people along the waterway.The civil protection service issued the alert after 3.
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Writer/director Jamie M. Dagg and actor Rossif Sutherland discuss the challenges of shooting in Laos while attending the TIFF world premiere of Dagg’s feature film debut, ‘River.’
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Jianli -
Rescue personnel on the Yangtze River in China recovered the body of a three-year-old child on Saturday, bringing to 431 the number of bodies recovered from last week's cruise ship sinking.
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By AFP
Khartoum -
Egypt on Monday agreed to a preliminary deal with Ethiopia on a new dam project that Cairo feared would hamper the flow of the Nile, the river on which it depends.
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A six-year-old Brazilian girl has died after being eaten alive by piranhas when she fell into the river she was canoeing along on January 27. The piranhas tore all the flesh from her legs.
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Rixensart -
Staff working at a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) facility dumped more than 45 liters of concentrated live polio into the water at a Belgian treatment plant earlier this month.
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Shanghai -
An ancient sword has accidentally been discovered by an 11-year-old boy playing in a river in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province.
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San Francisco -
Part of its outreach as an environmental advocacy non-profit, The Tuolumne River Trust provides opportunities for education and expedition along the river, which stretches for 149 miles-
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An antibiotic resistance gene has been detected in wastewater treatment plants in northern China, according to a new report. The discovery could trigger a rise in antimicrobial resistance and hence a health threat.
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Jilin -
In the northeast of China, Jilin City is divided by a river that is bordered by colorful buildings which look even more wintery in their first cover of snow.
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New York -
A Metro-North passenger train derailed just north of Manhattan on Sunday morning and reportedly several carriages plunged into the Hudson River. Four people have been killed and 67 have been injured, according to the most recent update.
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Cloppenburg -
The girl had taken her pony out on Sunday afternoon, but her parents became worried when she failed to return home on time. Local police went searching and found the girl trying to rescue her pony from a muddy swamp near a river.
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My first glimpse of China was at Li Shui, southwest of Shanghai, where I began teaching children at a private Chinese school.
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London -
Thirty tourists were forced to jump off a burning London Duck Tour amphibious craft into the River Thames as it sank on Sunday. While cold and wet, nobody was severely hurt.
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Henley On Thames -
Possibly one of the most picturesque and quaint parts of the River Thames is the stretch between Henley-on-Thames and Marlow.
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New York -
Authorities claim that the second body has been discovered and pulled from the Hudson River. They found the body near where a bride-to-be and her fiance's best man went missing after a boat crash near the Tappan Zee Bridge.
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Meishan -
As the clean up of around 16,000 pig carcasses nears its end in southwest China's Sichuan province, now 1,000 dead ducks have been pulled from the Nanhe River in Meishan City, Pengshan County.
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Tennessee is ripe with beautiful lakes, streams, rivers and natural areas perfect for a weekend hike, with perhaps some of the best lying half way between Nashville and Knoxville.
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Montreal -
She wanted to be photographed in her wedding dress one last time, but as the newlywed bride posed beside the Ouareau River in Quebec, she lost her footing on the slippery rocks and was swept away by the river current.
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Center Hill lake can be seen from a hiking trail.
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Rossif Sutherland stars in Jamie M. Dagg's feature debut, 'River' Elevation Pictures
Jilin's tallest bridge spans the river; you can see it flow toward the southeast
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Valley of the Lambro river Turismo Verde
The glacial melt-off from Mount Cook becomes a river
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